Having a swimming pool in your backyard is luxury for many, and decorating it with lighting makes it more appealing to swim at night. You can also make your swimming more comfortable if you extend the lighting to the surrounding décor and place lights in the concrete or walkways to prevent accidents.
Also, since it is more enjoyable to swim at night, you can place lights around the trees and the water fountains to ensure the beauty of the pool and its surroundings is visible in the dark. Additionally, lights at the fireplace and the kitchen area around the swimming pool enable users to efficiently carry on with their activities. This article provides some tips on how you can light up your pool and the backyard.
Pool Deck Lighting
The pool deck is an important area to consider as it is one of the places where the family relax at night and share the best moments. Ensuring the pool deck is well lit prevents accidents and enhances the area’s beauty. Also, the walkways leading to the pool deck should have lightings to avoid tripping during the night. You can have raised lightings or put some lighting inside the concrete floor around these areas.
Hiring a professional electrician is advised, especially around water and in areas like a pool deck. A professional electrician will be able to safely install lighting that will fit your needs and ensure your pool is suitably lit after dark.
Moonlighting the Pool
Placing some lights on posts, trees, or around the rooftops gives the pool a moonlight feel, which makes it feel romantic and also triggers the urge to swim. Since most people are busy during the day, night time is the perfect time for swimming, and having a well- lit pool is a motivation. It is advisable to ensure that you don’t use too much bright light. Also add some lighting effects for more exciting swimming sessions.
String Lighting
Street lights are the simplest to install as you are only required to connect them to a power source and spread them around your preferred areas. Unlike other types of lighting, string lighting helps to create a good mood for festivities and parties. Hanging these lights on trees and other surrounding structures casually enhances the backyard and swimming pool’s beauty.
Classic Tiki Torches
An installation of tiki torches around the pool and the backyard enhances your moods when around the pool. Tiki torches are professionally made from brass and copper, which is reinforced for durability. You can place them at strategic locations around your pool or the background. Though most of these lights use bulbs, you can also use oil and a wick for a cool romantic backyard or swimming pool.
Placing Lights around the Fire Pit
After having a good night swimming in the pool, the need to dry off and feel some warmth is necessary. Fire pits offer good lighting and an area where you can dry and feel some heat, but you can improve the ambience of your pool area from ordinary to lively by adding attractive colour lights around the fire pit.
In a nutshell, you can follow the above tips for a good lighting around your swimming pool and the background.
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